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They are calling it Black Monday in Sudbury. The Northern Ontario city, made famous by its nickel mines and a Stompin’ Tom Connors ode to its raucous Saturday nights, is reeling from this week’s announcement of massive cuts at struggling Laurentian University.
Everyone is rightly looking for someone to blame for the financial mess that led Laurentian’s current administration to fire more than a quarter of the university’s professors and eliminate dozens of programs, from mathematics to midwifery. After filing for court protection from its creditors in February – a first for a publicly funded Canadian university – Laurentian this week broke another major taboo of higher learning by handing out pink slips
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Delays in the delivery of Moderna vaccines are interrupting vaccination programs across the country, with health officials cancelling appointments, reducing clinic capacity, or holding doses in reserve to prevent disruptions.
The last timely shipment of the Moderna vaccine arrived in Canada on March 11, according to information provided to The Globe and Mail by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Since then, shipments of hundreds of thousands of shots have arrived later than expected, and that trend will continue in the weeks ahead, PHAC said.
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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories:
The latest in COVID-19 developments: Canada reports first AstraZeneca-linked blood clot case, U.S. calls for pause on J&J vaccine and more
A Quebec woman is the first in Canada to develop a blood clot after being vaccinated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The province said the patient, whose age was not revealed, is recovering at home, and had received the vaccine produced at the Serum Institute of India, known as Covishield.
China, to investigate the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Japan, illustrating the risks of trying to hold the postponed Games during a pandemic.
India said it will fast-track emergency approvals for COVID-19 vaccines authorized by Western countries and Japan as cases in the country rise rapidly.
Coronavirus and business
Under the rescue package, Air Canada will not be able to use the money to buy back its own shares, and executive compensation will be capped at $1-million. It also requires Air Canada to immediately restore key regional routes and current orders for 33 Airbus A220 aircraft produced in Montreal.
Air Canada shares fell sharply on Tuesday on fears that its market value would be diluted because of the Canadian government’s deal.
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